Jeff Bezos tops on Forbes' biggest billionaire gainers list

Amazon’s CEO and founder Jeff Bezos added USD 34 billion in 2017, one-third of his total wealth today, becoming the topper in the list of the Biggest Billionaire Gainers 2017 releases by Forbes.

The richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, rode on the surge of Amazon stocks which have gained 60 percent year-to-date (YTD).



Bezos added about USD 7 billion in hours when the stocks of the e-retail company grew by 13 percent in a single day on October 26.

Second and the third biggest gainers of the year were Chinese real-estate tycoon Hui Ka Yan and LVMH's CEO Bernard Arnault who gained USD 27.4 billion and USD 23.6 billion, respectively.